International Garden Photographer of the Year 2011 at Kew Gardens

International Garden Photographer of the Year Overall winnerMagdalena Wasiczek's Upside Down
(Trzebinia, Malopolska region, Poland)
click the link to see the original and discover exactly what is upside down!
Try looking at this and imagining a non-neutral mid-value background.
(prints available from Kew)

Although not a blog which focuses a lot of photography, I've previously featured a couple of photography exhibitions on my blogs:

This one is very much a complement to my own personal interests - which very much include the visual images associated with plants, flowers, trees and gardens.

The reason I like looking at photography exhibitions is that I always find them very stimulating. Photographers are all dealing with the same subject matter so to my mind they seem to work harder at 'what makes a good picture' and 'how to make my work look different from the rest'.

The International Garden Photographer of the Year 2012

This is the website for The International Garden Photographer of the Year 2012 competition. the competition was started by a professional group of garden photographers in 2007 and has become the most popular garden photography contest in the world. Entries come from all over the world.

There are seven categories plus an Under 16 section and a section for Portfolios – a themed collection of six photographs.

Here are some of the images which can be seen in the Nash Conservatory, Kew Gardens until 5.30pm on Monday 9th April. Obviously in a glasshouse I was fighting both sunlight and reflections so the images are not great.

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I always enjoy seeing photography posts, exhibitions, galleries etc.And I agree in some respects they have to work harder.This is evidenced by the back story of photographers Debashis Bandyopadhya ("...out before sunrise...") and Dennis Frates ("...the sun had set and the trail was almost pitch black.") among others...

I like hearing the human interest side of their trials and tribulations of capturing their subjects. Not always in controlled environments or easy.The story of the New Mexico crosses by Ansel Adams always comes to mind.

Some specular images here!Some of my favorites: "Drinking II" by Vincentius Ferdinand, can't go wrong with ants!"Upside Down" by Magdalena Wasiczek"Confused Grasshopper" by Matt Cole"Sweet Dawn" by Diane Varner"Dance" by John Grant"Inside Out" by Jenifer Bunnett, I love orange!"Golden Light" by Bror Johansson, more orange to love! And graphically so striking."Conversations from a Balcony at dusk along the High Line" by Claire Takacs"Invitation to a Private View" by Colin Pearce

I bought a poster from wildlife photographer Thomas G. Mangelsens' gallery in Santa Barbara CA a few years back and I still love looking at it. From 'BBC/British Gas 1994 Photographer of the Year', titled "Born of the North Wind"... can't go wrong with polar bears!

Keep up your good work Katherine, another thorough post.And great work on your pinterest posts. A huge service (your posts and work to prevent unwanted pins) to so many others.I don't know how you do so much.

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